If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Adoption is a global issue these days - it's certainly current - and it's encouraging for a lot of couples whether they're straight or gay.
I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
Gay individuals should be able to adopt.
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.
But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.
I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.
On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on heteros. Especially all the heteros who've done such a marvelous job of debasing marriage on their own all these many years.
I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't.
I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.